Why would they have thermal issues? If anything, they should dissipate heat better than plastic drives.

Look… I almost failed high school chemistry.

Pro tip from me (a pro): Never buy flash drives that aren’t one metal body. I have broke a 128GB flash drive simply by putting a tad bit too much pressure on it and misaligning the USB connector. It now doesn’t work. I also injured one by misaligning the usb in the plastic case. It still works but isn’t ideal.

Even if it is one plastic body, the plastic will chip away with insertions. My SanDisk Ultra Dual is in rough shape because of the weak plastic. Meanwhile my SanDisk Ultra Dual Luxe (the metal variant) is still pristine.

Also, don’t buy cheap flash drives if you wish to use them frequently. They have terribly slow speeds even if they use a USB 3.0 interface. They might work okay as install media which you only need to use every few months or years, but they have painfully slow write speeds.

Edit: Yes, I know the metal drives have thermal issues. But thermal issues are better then losing the entire drive because the casing chips away and exposes the connector to things that eventually kill it.

When I ran out and there was nothing I wanted to delete

Yeah, for real. You’re the family.

That site is an absolute mess!

It’s still useful for some old stuff

I used this. https://github.com/yaronzz/Tidal-Media-Downloader-PRO. Might’ve been what you used, it’s better quality then YouTube. IDK if the tool still works or not, hasn’t been updated since 2022.

Exactly. Support those who create it. Not publishers or ebook lending companies

Exactly. Signal is private, not anonymous

What will be achieved once this is completed is that the installed app disappears and cannot be downloaded again, thus breaking the cycle of digital piracy

You can’t break the cycle of digital piracy. Information wants to be free. Going against digital piracy is going against the grain of technology. But I guess if the copyright trolls got their way, there would be no general purpose computing.

Why would they give you lossless files? There is almost no market for that. Those files would be at least hundreds of gigabytes in size

I don’t think OP is asking for DCPs, they just wish that you could purchase an mp4 file of a movie

One of them is a way of life that strives towards excluding as much pain and suffering in the world of computing as possible and the other is a fucking moral philosophy.

Not really. I personally drink 132 gallons of water per day. It’s my favorite beverage. I also eat 40 pounds of raw wheat daily, it’s really tasty. I work as a logger, it makes good money. I also huff and puff like the Big Bad Wolf so my CO2 output is pretty insane. Anything to save that 1 animal though. Vegan btw

primarily music though some people share films as well

Also fonts. So many fonts

After a quick search there’s a package for my Linux distro

I recommend using the Nicotine Plus client. It’s more user friendly and open source

Other than TorrentFreak.

Ever heard of TorrentFreak? I hear its the best

Yep. Like uppercase and lowercase letters. Cause back when type was metal the uppercase letters were in the upper case. And the lowercase letters were in the lower drawers.

DRM employed by streaming services has never made it less trivial to download new movies and shows. I can still get all the shows and movies I want just minutes after they release on streaming. DRM just hurts paying customers.

https://wiki.dbzer0.com/piracy/